1. Lee Family

Net Worth: $29.6 billion

Country: South KoreaThe storied family of the Samsung Group derives 35% of their fortune from Samsung Electronics, whose chairman remains in a coma after suffering a heart attack in May 2014. His only son and heir-apparent, Lee Jae-yong (pictured), is facing his biggest test yet amid the global recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 and the subsequent decision to permanently discontinue the new smartphone. Meanwhile, in August 2016, his cousin, Lee Jay-hyun of CJ, (spun off from the original group) was pardoned by President Park Geun-hye after being convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion in 2014. It isn't clear if he spent any time in jail due to health issues. Founder Lee Byung-Chull started a modest trading company in Daegu nearly 80 years ago; his empire has evolved into the world's largest maker of smartphones and TVs. The conglomerate split into 4 independent entities during the 1990s: Samsung, CJ, Shinsegae and Hansol. Altogether the businesses, led today by second and third generation Lees, bring in around $340 billion in annual sales from electronics and retail to food, entertainment and paper.